Onions & Garlic

[greenjelly]

Help! - can anyone give any advice on onion rot?

I went out yesterday to weed my onion and garlic patch and ended up digging up and ditching the whole lot. While I was weeding the patch I noticed that a couple of the onions had white sticky fluff on them, further investigation showed that the whole lot both onions and garlic were covered in white sticky fluff. I checked on the internet which said to get rid of them and burn them - which I have done.

What is this and is there a cure? The article I was reading said you couldn't replant onions for 8 years? this sounds unbelievable. Also I've left my leeks in but will they be ok?

Also am I safe to plant other things in that patch?

I have to say I was devastated yesterday and even today I cant believe my lovely patch of onions and garlic which I was so looking forward to has all gone.

I have some onion sets and if I planted them somewhere else is it too late to get a crop for this year?

[Capsid]

Sorry to hear about this. 7-8 years is the correct time frame before you can grow onions again in that bed. The leeks will be at risk too. This is a serious disease and you did right to burn them and prevent spread to other plots and gardens. You will be able to grow other veg not of the allium family in that bed.

You could risk some new sets in another bed, but the rot may also be present there too.

[Scarlet]

I had it a few years ago in one of my raised beds - I'm sure it came with some sets I purchased at Wilko's. I burnt mine and have never used that bed again for any alliums. (Or bought cheap sets!)
I haven't suffered with it anywhere else. Not sure I got off lucky or not but like you, was pretty fed up when I first dug up my onions to find it.

[Shroomy]

Garlic White Rot, Anyone? | Overall Gardener
http://www.growfruitandveg.co.uk/gra...rlic_7827.html
UC IPM: UC Management Guidelines for White Rot on Onion and Garlic

[greenjelly]

Onions & Garlic

Oh no - this all sounds terrible. The onion sets weren't cheap ones either they were from Marshalls so surely they wouldn't sell infected sets?

I realise however the garlic was from one of these gardening shows and I cant remember who they were. I usually buy the Isle of Wight garlic but this looked so good.

One tiny bit of good news I haven't seen the black fungal spores in the white fluffy stuff and the leeks appear to be ok at the moment.

[Snadger]

Oh no - this all sounds terrible. The onion sets weren't cheap ones either they were from Marshalls so surely they wouldn't sell infected sets?

I realise however the garlic was from one of these gardening shows and I cant remember who they were. I usually buy the Isle of Wight garlic but this looked so good.

One tiny bit of good news I haven't seen the black fungal spores in the white fluffy stuff and the leeks appear to be ok at the moment.

I have onion white rot on my plot. Some years seem worse than others. If its any consolation, it doesn't seem to effect my leeks. Maybe its a surface root fungus and the leeks are planted deeply enough to avoid it? Fingers crossed for your leeks.